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- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language abstract "Babine–Witsuwit'en or Nadot’en-Wets’uwet’en is an Athabaskan language spoken in the Central Interior of British Columbia. Its closest relative is Carrier. Because of this linguistic relationship together with political and cultural ties, Babine–Witsuwit'en is often referred to as Northern Carrier or Western Carrier. Specialist opinion is, however, that it should be considered a separate, though related, language (Kari 1975, Story 1984, Kari and Hargus 1989).A term used briefly in the 1990s is Bulkley Valley – Lakes District Language, abbreviated BVLD. The Ethnologue uses the bare name Babine for the language as a whole, not just for the Babine dialect.As its name suggests, Babine–Witsuwit'en consists of two main dialects, Babine (Nedut’en) and Witsuwit'en. Babine is spoken around Babine Lake, Trembleur Lake, and Takla Lake. Witsuwit'en is spoken in the Bulkley Valley, around Broman Lake, and in the vicinity of Skins Lake. The two dialects are very similar and are distinguished primarily by the fact that in Babine but not in Witsuwit'en the Athabascan front velar series have become palatal affricates.Several non-specialist sources (the First Peoples' Heritage Language and Culture Council, the British Columbia Ministry of Education, and the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology) classify Witsuwit'en as one language and Babine as a distinct language, either on its own or together with Carrier proper under the name Dakelh. Experts on the languages reject this classification. All agree that the differences between Babine and Witsuwit'en are small and that the major split is between Babine and Witsuwit'en on the one hand and Carrier proper on the other hand. The distinction is due to the fact that speakers of Babine and of Carrier proper call themselves and their language Dakelh but that speakers of Witsuwit'en do not. Like most other native languages of British Columbia, Babine–Witsuwit'en is an endangered language. It is spoken by a minority of the population, primarily elders. There are 161 fluent and 159 partial speakers of the Babine dialect and 131 fluent and 61 partial speakers of the Witsuwit'en dialect. At most a handful of children speak the language.".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language iso6393Code "bcr".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language languageFamily Athabaskan_languages.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language languageFamily Na-Dene_languages.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language languageFamily Northern_Athabaskan_languages.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language spokenIn British_Columbia.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language spokenIn Canada.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language wikiPageExternalLink index-canada-west.html.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language wikiPageExternalLink map2.jpg.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language wikiPageExternalLink aet.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language wikiPageExternalLink bclstat.htm.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language wikiPageExternalLink bw.htm.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language wikiPageID "4210285".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language wikiPageRevisionID "582388199".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language date "2007".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language dia Babine.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language dia Wet'suwet'en.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language ethnicity Nadot’en.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language ethnicity Wet'suwet'en.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language fam Athabaskan_languages.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language fam Na-Dené_languages.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language fam Northern_Athabaskan_languages.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language fam "Athabaskan–Eyak".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language familycolor "Dené-Yeniseian".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language hasPhotoCollection Babine-Witsuwit'en_language.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language iso "bcr".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language name "Babine–Witsuwit'en".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language nativename "Witsuwit'en".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language ref "e17".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language region British_Columbia.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language speakers "300".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language states Canada.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language subject Category:Babine.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language subject Category:Endangered_Dené–Yeniseian_languages.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language subject Category:First_Nations_languages_in_Canada.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language subject Category:Northern_Athabaskan_languages.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language subject Category:Subject–object–verb_languages.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language subject Category:Wet'suwet'en.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language type Abstraction100002137.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language type Communication100033020.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language type EndangeredDen%C3%A9%E2%80%93YeniseianLanguages.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language type FirstNationsLanguagesInCanada.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language type Language106282651.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language type NorthernAthabaskanLanguages.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language type Language.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language type Language.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language type InformationEntity.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language comment "Babine–Witsuwit'en or Nadot’en-Wets’uwet’en is an Athabaskan language spoken in the Central Interior of British Columbia. Its closest relative is Carrier. Because of this linguistic relationship together with political and cultural ties, Babine–Witsuwit'en is often referred to as Northern Carrier or Western Carrier.".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language label "Babine (langue)".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language label "Babine-Witsuwit'en language".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language label "Бабин-вицувитен".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language sameAs Babine_(langue).
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language sameAs m.02hxg2v.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language sameAs Q27864.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language sameAs Q27864.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language sameAs Babine-Witsuwit'en_language.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language wasDerivedFrom Babine-Witsuwit'en_language?oldid=582388199.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language isPrimaryTopicOf Babine-Witsuwit'en_language.
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language name "Babine–Witsuwit'en".
- Babine-Witsuwit'en_language name "Witsuwit'en".